We all have our World Series goodies, but would you some that said "White Sox 2006 AL Wild Card" on it?

DaleJRFan

08-28-2006, 11:25 AM

I'll wait for the "Repeat Champions" merch.

MadetoOrta

08-28-2006, 11:26 AM

I didn't buy any merchandise until we won it all. I will admit it was hard not buying American League Champs gear. I held out

Vernam

08-28-2006, 11:26 AM

Ask me again in 2026. :D:

Vernam

Madvora

08-28-2006, 11:30 AM

Do they even sell that stuff?

itsnotrequired

08-28-2006, 11:32 AM

Do they even sell that stuff?

http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2114103

Less than $6!:redneck

TomBradley72

08-28-2006, 11:32 AM

I've been a fan for 35 years....that would represent our 5th post season appearance in that time span...I'll wear whatever represents our biggest achievement this year.

Railsplitter

08-28-2006, 11:34 AM

Do they even sell that stuff?

I've seen Cubs stuff from thier 1998 Wild Card.

jenn2080

08-28-2006, 11:35 AM

sure why not. i dont care how we got there so long as we get there.

voodoochile

08-28-2006, 11:35 AM

I'll wait for the "Repeat Champions" merch.

I never buy anything celebrating lesser round wins. Championship gear or regular team gear. Thus has it ever been for me. I don't celebrate second place and don't want the baseball gawds to think I do...

stacksedwards

08-28-2006, 11:38 AM

Why would I want Tigers stuff?
I'll buy the Sox division champ stuff

Jerko

08-28-2006, 11:42 AM

I have 2005 Central Division and American League Champs stuff, so I do buy the stuff as it comes out. I also have at least 4 items that say 2000 central division champs, and I also have a 1993 WEST divison champ hat. I still wear those even though they didn't win the WS those years. Probably wouldn't buy "wild card champs" stuff though. :dunno:

CHISOXFAN13

08-28-2006, 11:45 AM

Why would I want Tigers stuff?
I'll buy the Sox division champ stuff

You mean Twins stuff. The horseshoe is falling out of Detroit's ass, and the Tigers will finish third.

:D:

southwstchi4life

08-28-2006, 11:45 AM

Of course I will, come on, whens the last time the sox made the playoffs back-to-back years. certainlly not in my life time

esbrechtel

08-28-2006, 11:55 AM

You mean Twins stuff. The horseshoe is falling out of Detroit's ass, and the Tigers will finish third.

:D:

hopefully the shirt says...."i told you the horseshoe would fall out..."

ewokpelts

08-28-2006, 12:32 PM

yeah...why not? the wild card has made the ws the last 4 years, and 3 of those four years the wild card WON the ws.

batmanZoSo

08-28-2006, 12:39 PM

I wouldn't even buy an AL pennant shirt. I don't want to walk around and remind the world that we lost the World Series. Now if you do win it all, then I think the different logos and such are cool to have.

34 Inch Stick

08-28-2006, 01:34 PM

Someone bought me a Bears playoff shirt from last year. I feel like a chump with it on.

Dick Allen

08-28-2006, 01:44 PM

After a World Series victory, to me, everything else pales by comparison. So no, I wouldn't buy Wild Card paraphenalia

Fake Chet Lemon

08-28-2006, 01:56 PM

No.

Houston was really weird about that last year. They had a big ceremony and hoisted a HUGE banner that said "Wild Card Champion" last year. That was so stupid, that doesn't go together. That's like the Cubs hoisting a huge "5th Place Champion!" banner every year. Champions should win something, "winning" second place makes you champion of nothing.

skottyj242

08-28-2006, 01:56 PM

Yes, this would be the first time in franchise history (please correct me kindly if I am wrong) that we made it to the postseason two years in a row.

skottyj242

08-28-2006, 01:58 PM

It's very possible the Sox can have the second best record in the AL and still make the playoffs so that's an achievement in itself.

Baby Fisk

08-28-2006, 03:25 PM

No.

BadBobbyJenks

08-28-2006, 03:27 PM

I bought and al champs shirt last year because when you think about it, its the same as a world series champs shirt.

I will not buy anything with wild card on it.

MarySwiss

08-28-2006, 03:32 PM

On the wall in my family room--among other souvenirs--are hanging the following:

and, in deference to MrMarySwiss, wayyyy down at the bottom of the wall near the floor

a framed 1989 Chicago Cubs National League Champion Eastern Division sweatshirt in that horrible "Cubbie blue" color that some one bought at a garage sale and gave to the hubby as a joke. I laugh every time I look at it and frequently consider rehanging it upside-down.

So, no wild card crap for me. I want the 2006 White Sox World Series Champions Locker Room T-shirt up there next. :D:

nebraskasox

08-28-2006, 03:37 PM

I waited last year to see how far the Sox would get and I'll wait again this year. Even Division championships often don't mean much (e.g., 2000, NL West, NL Central). I'd buy AL championship stuff - which this year would probably mean mean a world series title, so I'll wait.

PKalltheway

08-28-2006, 03:55 PM

I don't know. It would look kinda weird to walk around with a "2006 American League Wild Card Champions" shirt on, especially if they don't make it to the ALCS, or the World Series. Then, if they do make the World Series, what's the use of a Wild Card shirt when you can buy an AL Champions t-shirt, or possibly a World Champions t-shirt? I'm all for the Wild Card, and it's great for baseball, but I think I'll pass on a t-shirt.

TheDarkGundam

08-28-2006, 03:59 PM

Not a chance.
You don't go bragging about barely making it in, you brag about beating somebody and making it in.

PKalltheway

08-28-2006, 04:05 PM

Not a chance.
You don't go bragging about barely making it in, you brag about beating somebody and making it in.
Exactly. Like I said, I'm all for the Wild Card, and it's great for baseball, but...no. Bragging about barely making it in? I think the only year I can recall in which the Wild Card wasn't a race in either league was in 2001, when Oakland won it.

Iwritecode

08-28-2006, 04:11 PM

I waited last year until I saw how far they would go. Then I went hog-wild buying stuff that said "World Series Champions".

I can still go to certain stores today and pick up a ALC Division Champion shirt or even an AL Pennant shirt if I wanted to.

Chisox353014

08-28-2006, 04:38 PM

No way. I wouldn't have done it anyway, but especially not after last year. Even referring to winning the Wild Card as a "championship" of any kind is completely ridiculous IMO - leave that to the Flubbie fans.

Steelrod

08-28-2006, 04:45 PM

Sure.
Just add it to all the other stuff that I have saved up over the years. Will be quite some adventure some day for my grandkids to discover and ask about. I look forward to answering questions about the good old days!

MarySwiss

08-28-2006, 04:47 PM

I don't know. It would look kinda weird to walk around with a "2006 American League Wild Card Champions" shirt on, especially if they don't make it to the ALCS, or the World Series. Then, if they do make the World Series, what's the use of a Wild Card shirt when you can buy an AL Champions t-shirt, or possibly a World Champions t-shirt? I'm all for the Wild Card, and it's great for baseball, but I think I'll pass on a t-shirt.
Last year after they clinched, a friend in Chicago who was coming out here to visit bought me an AL Central Division champs shirt. I was glad to get it just in case that was all they did, and I still wear it, but after the WS win, I'm spoiled. I'll wait for the 2006 version.

thomas35forever

08-28-2006, 04:49 PM

I don't even care how we get to the playoffs anymore as long as we get there, so yes.

IronFisk

08-28-2006, 04:50 PM

Heck, I never even bought the division stuff from 83, 93 or 2000. I would have settled for the Pennant merch., but I waited it out. Lucky me.

LuvSox

08-28-2006, 05:08 PM

Hell yeah I would.

I collect whatever Sox stuff I can get my meat hooks on, it would make a nice momento.

DoItForDanPasqua

08-28-2006, 09:30 PM

No, there is no such thing as a Wild Card Champion. It would be an embarrassment to see any Sox fan wearing such merchandise. Who is going to wake up one day and think: "I'm going to the game today, should I wear my '2005 World Series Champions' shirt or '2006 Best Second Place Team' shirt?"

Hopefully, anyone who does buys the Wild Card shirt will just replace it four weeks later with a World Champs shirt anyway.

areilly

08-28-2006, 09:37 PM

I have personal rules against buying commemorative sports apparel, i.e. All-Star Game 2003, 2000 AL Central Champs, 2006 World Series Champs, etc.. I'm a fan of the team, not of the event.

Not to say that a postseason berth would curb me picking up another Sox shirt. I'm a sucker for a successful franchise just like anyone else.

chisoxfanatic

08-28-2006, 09:59 PM

I definitely wouldn't buy anything. When you've got the taste of a World Series in your mouth like all of us do, just knabbing the wild card does not seem very exciting. I'd wait for the repeat shirts to come out, which hopefully will in a couple of months.

SoXPriDe33

08-28-2006, 10:29 PM

I would buy a Wild Card shirt. I have a shirt from the winning the division, winning the pennant and winning the world series. My world series shirt has shrunk in the wash so i really can't wear it out in public because well it wouldn't look right so I wear my AL Champs shirt all the time. I think it would just be cool to have to be able to have shirt that shows the way the Sox won the 2006 World Series if it were to happen.

roylestillman

08-28-2006, 10:43 PM

No.

And please don't have a flag/banner in the park in honor of the achievement. If we win the division, fine.

Railsplitter

08-29-2006, 09:57 AM

If the Sox hadn't won it all, maybe I wouldn't think of it, but since I have WS paraphenallia, maybe a Wild Card pin wouldn't be too bad.

I was curious how others would think.

doublem23

08-29-2006, 12:22 PM

Hell yeah I would.

I collect whatever Sox stuff I can get my meat hooks on, it would make a nice momento.

Agreed... I have 1 division champ shirt and 1 AL Champ shirt from last year. The majority of stuff I own says World Champs on it, but those play-offs last year were an incredible ride from start to finish. Obviously the end helped make it all the more sweet, but still... the Sox have never been to the post-season back-to-back years ever. Can't help myself to commerate history.

:cool:

Of course, I do plan on stocking up on plenty of quality 2006 World Championship crap, but 1 Wild Card Champ pennant wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. :cool:

HawkDJ

08-29-2006, 04:05 PM

I have no problems with taking the wild card to get in, but there's no way I'm buying the shirt.

Max Power

08-29-2006, 04:31 PM

Initially I was thinking no way would I buy WC stuff. But making the AL playoffs this year would be a respectable achievement, regardless of whether it is WC or winning the division. So my answer is maybe.

JohnBasedowYoda

08-29-2006, 04:33 PM

No sir I would not buy that. Maybe something that says "Division Series."

AL Champs and WS Champs are a shoe-in

Baby Fisk

08-29-2006, 04:37 PM

No sir I would not buy that. Maybe something that says "Division Series."

On second thought, maybe I'd take one of my existing Sox shirts and get some lettering done on the back:

06ALWCMF

Or something like that.

So technically I'd still have never bought commemorative merchandise...

ClaudelSleptHere

08-29-2006, 05:00 PM

No, thank you

IlliniSox4Life

08-29-2006, 05:04 PM

I might buy it when they win the World Series just to have one from each, but other than to complete a set, I wouldn't buy it.

I want Mags back

08-29-2006, 07:05 PM

back in 2000 i didnt bother getting a division shirt. I said this teams winning it all, I dont want a division championship, **** that. Last year I got smart, I decided im gonna buy the AL central shirt and enjoy it because it could be all I get. Then I bought a AL shirt and hat, until getting the WS hat and shirt. I feel it was lucky to get everything along the way